About the best thing you can say about coverage of the nor'easter in The Record of Woodland Park today is that Staff Writer Charles Stile rekindled the fire of his early columns by noting Governor Christie's lack of visibility during state residents' time of need.
Still, I thought his Page 1 piece handled Christie too gently.
As for the rest of the coverage -- on the front page, inside and taking up almost all of Local -- it doesn't have the sweep of a storm that affected virtually everyone and one everyone still is talking about nearly three days later. Just listing a lot of numbers doesn't tell the human story.
Mike Kelly, the columnist, wasted his and readers' time by going to PSE&G's "war room." Stories on several towns are in Local, but there is virtually nothing about the impact on Hackensack.
That schools were closed by power outages is only part of the story. What about office buildings? Did doctors cancel appointments? Did lawyers give their paralegals a few days off? What about restaurants and supermarkets?
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Speaking of paralegals, how's that court case coming, Victor? Did the ACLU come to your rescue, or are you still going to act as your own lawyer?
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ReplyDeleteBy the way, it's "sleight" of hand. Speaking of poor editing.